| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA ZBAAHSTISrEIES. A Dog Asks For Help. In East Boston lives a remarkable bog, which is a mixture of Newfoundland and mastiff, His name is Nero, and his master believes he can understand every word spoken to him. Not long ago Nero entered a lumber year where be was not known, and limping up .to one of the workmen held up an injured 1 aw. Nero is not so handsome and gentle in appearance as he is intelligent, and the man ordered him out. Nero walked as far as over to the door, turned around, and came back, and held up his wounded paw, The man stopped his work, and gently taking hold of the paw, found a safety pin imbedded deep in the flesh. He extracted the p n, and the dog wincing at the pain, and when the little operation in surgery was over, the dog licked his paw\ and then thanked his benefactor as plainly as a dog could, afterwards running away as if nothing had happened. A Story of Two Monks. Two monks, one a Dominican, and the other a Franciscan, travelling together, were stopped by a river. The Dominican told the Franciscan that, as he went bare foot, he was forced by the rule of his order to carry him across; that if he refused he would commit a great sin. The Franciscan yielded to this observation, and took the other on his shoulders. When they were in the middle of the ford the Franciscan asked the other if he had any money about him. “Yes,” replied the latter, "I have two reals.” “1 ask you a thousand pardons, brother,” rejoined the disciple of Saint Francis, “but my order forbids me carrying money.” And with these words he plumped his man into the river. Bug Horses In China. Can any boy or girl guess what this means? May Delwood knows, for she has had a letter from her cousin Amabel, w'ho is living in China now. As soon as the letter had been read, May cried out; “Oh, mamma! the Magazine cdildren must hear all about it. It is so very strange!” So my little readers may all tahnk thoughtful May. “Chinese mammas give the children white thread or silk for reins and harness, and when laid carefully over the gauzy w'ings it does not hurt the bug pony, and keeps him from flying off, carriage and all. “You would never guess the price of such a toy, so I will tell you that for one penny of our money ten such tiny turnouts could be bought. “Chinese children have many pretty toys made of paper and bits of wood. In a little grist mill that Aunt Ella bought the stone was going round and round, as though all the neighbors had brought corn to be ground. We did not at first see what made it move so brisky. Looking carefully, we found inside a small paper box, in which, with a string fastened to him, w'as a lively little bug. The insect was rushing rounding and round, his work never done. The hole of escape, for which the bright eyes were searching, was never found. On and on he trudged, on his tedious circuit.”—Our Little Ones. A Shocked Indian. “Tis nought but show that ignorance estesms; The thing possessed is not the thing it seems.” Poor “Lo,” in the following incident, is not a solitary example of similar amusing mistakes in optics. The case is certainly not one of those in which “ignorance is bliss.” A young Indian chief was so delighted by a tintype of himself taken by a wandering artist at the agency that he wanted a picture of his squaw, who was placed in posit,on before the camera. Just as everyth.ng was about ready to take the picture, the chief wanted to see how his better-half would look. He put his head under the cloth of the camera, and, to his horror, saw she was standing on her head. He instantly jerked his head out from under the curtain, but saw her standing on her feet. Thinking he might have been mistaken, the Indian took another peep, and saw she was again standing on her head. He remonstrated with her, saying she could not expect a picture to look like her if she persisted in standing on her head. The squaw denied any such acrobatic performance. Upon taking one more look, Mr. Indian flew into a rage, grabbed his squaw by the shoulders, shook .her violently, and dragged her out of the place, saying she was bewitched, and should not have a picture until she learned to stand on her feet.—Youths Companion. CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? _ prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to ill UIS N tfc CO., who have had nearly fifty years-experience in the patent business. Communications strictly confidential. A Ham!hook of Information concerning Patents and how to obtain them sent free. Also a catalogue of mechanical and scientific hooks sent free. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and Cats are brought widely before the public without cost to the inventor. 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